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Nearly three years after he deliberately ran down pedestrians on Toronto’s busy Yonge Street, killing 10 people and injuring many others, a 28-year-old man has been convicted of carrying out the deadliest mass killing in the city’s history.
After a seven-week trial held virtually last fall as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a judge on Wednesday found Alek Minassian guilty on 10 charges of first-degree murder and 16 of attempted murder.
Toronto reacts to the Alek Minassian van attack verdict
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The verdict for one of the most shocking and devastating crimes in Toronto history, the 2018 van attack that killed 10 pedestrians and injuried 16, has finally been delivered today after a six-week-long virtual trial.
Alek Minassian was found guilty of all 10 counts of murder and 16 counts of attempted murder Wednesday morning for his actions on April 23, 2018, during which he drove a rented van up onto a Yonge Street sidewalk in a deliberate attempt to kill as many people as possible.
Published Wednesday, March 3, 2021 11:14AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, March 3, 2021 1:30PM EST A woman who was seriously injured in the Yonge Street van attack nearly three years ago says that the guilty verdict in the case won’t provide closure but may provide some semblance of relief. “It is not closure. I don’t feel like dancing but I feel like justice was done and it is a relief off my shoulders that we finally have this trial done and we are through it and you know what justice prevailed,” she said. Riddell, who is legally blind, was heading to the library at the North York Civic Centre on April 23, 2018 when she was struck by a rented van driven by Alek Minassian and thrown approximately 15 feet.
Toronto van attack killer Alek Minassian found guilty on all 26 charges
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Alek Minassian has been found guilty of 10 counts of murder and 16 counts of attempted murder in the case of 2018 s Toronto van attack, which saw the now 28-year-old man deliberately plow a rental van through throngs of people along a busy Yonge Street sidewalk, killing 10 and injuring 16 others.
Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy announced the verdict during a public livestream Wednesday morning, stating this case has in many ways and on many days has been a struggle.